A Spoonful of Laughter Helps the Medicine Go Down
Laugh, chuckle, giggle, and guffaw your way through cancer treatment. By Laurie Wertich Cancer is no laughing matter—but a little laughter goes a long way to uplift, enliven, and relieve stress in cancer patients who are bogged down by the anxiety of their illness. You may not feel like laughing, but it could be just the release you need. “If everybody in the room is laughing, there is not only relief for everyone but I think there is a great spiritual uplift that happens for us. The diagnosis is no different, the prognosis is no different, but suddenly we feel like we can ...
Is Sugar Really as Sweet as It Seems?
By Carolyn Katzin Just how nice is sugar? Sugar is associated with pleasure beginning with our first food—breast milk—which is very sweet, and many of us continue to find comfort in sweet foods. But when you’re challenged by a cancer diagnosis and looking to support your overall health, you want to make choices that are not only comforting but also good for your body. When it comes to sugar, the key is to make educated choices that will provide you with lasting fuel and extra nutritional benefit. Not All Sugars Are Created Equal Sugar is a broad term to describe chemicals that usually ...
Blood and Cancer
Advances in the treatment of blood cancers have led to increasingly high survival rates, and current research continues to offer up exciting progress in the field. By Barbara Boughton Treatment of blood cancers could be considered a success story. Research uncovering some of the underlying causes of these diseases, combined with increasingly more effective drugs, has resulted in significant strides toward better treatment outcomes during the past few decades. Since 1960 the five-year-survival rate for patients with leukemia has more than tripled; and for patients with lymphoma, the survival rate has doubled, according to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Some blood cancers—such ...
Heartbreak and Hope
Women share stories of genetic testing. By Erin Zammett Ruddy “It’s like being struck by lightening—totally random, bad luck.” That’s what I was told when I was diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), a slow-moving form of blood cancer, in 2001. At age 23 it was just the explanation I needed. I am not a fan of regret, of looking back and thinking, if only, so I was relieved that my disease wasn’t necessarily predetermined, like my red hair and green eyes. If I had heard that it was in some ...
News
Oncotype DX Results Confirmed in Broader Group of Patients
Included node-positive breast cancer treated with aromatase inhibitor.
Hormone plus Radiation Beneficial for Prostate Cancer
Superior to radiation alone in intermediate-risk, early prostate cancer.
Cystoscopy Cost-effective for Detecting Bladder Cancer Recurrence
Urine biomarker tests may not be necessary.
PCA3 Test May Help Guide Prostate Biopsy Decisions
Provides information about likelihood of positive biopsy.
Bisphosphonates May Reduce the Risk of Breast Cancer
Roughly 30% reduction in risk among current users.
Cancer Tips
A Life Insurance Line of Credit Meeting the financial challenge of cancer treatment.
Your Life Insurance Policy Can Help You Pay for Treatment Know your options.
Understanding the Relationship Between Anemia and Cancer Anemia, a common side effect of cancer treatment, is a condition in which there are fewer red blood cells...
Patient Action to Prevent Infection During Treatment for Cancer Most patients would prefer to prevent infection rather than having to deal with its results. Your first...
Coping with Chemotherapy-induced Nausea and Vomiting Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) is a common and serious side effect of cancer treatment....
Inspiration, Hope & Resources
Worried About Nausea? Read This. Antiemetics help patients avoid a much-feared side effect: chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. By...
A Spoonful of Laughter Helps the Medicine Go Down Cancer is no laughing matter—but a little laughter goes a long way to uplift, enliven, and relieve stress in cancer patients who are bogged down by the anxiety of their illness.
Tools for Tolerating Cancer Treatment Look Good…Feel Better® Caring for Sensitive Skin During Cancer Treatment By Sandra Graham Developing sensitive skin during...
More Than Skin Deep Answering Your Questions About Skin Care and Dermatological Health Ask the Doctor Psoriasis Susan C....
Is Sugar Really as Sweet as It Seems? Just how nice is sugar? Sugar is associated with pleasure beginning with our first food—breast milk—which is very sweet, and many of us continue to find comfort in sweet foods.
For Oncologists
Bone Fractures in Breast Cancer Patients More Frequent with Femara than with Tamoxifen Researchers affiliated with the BIG I-98 Collaborative and International Breast Study Groups...
Single Treatment with High-intensity Focused Ultrasound Effective for Localized Prostate Cancer Researchers from McMaster University in Canada have reported that high-intensity focused...
Marital Separation Impacts Cancer Survival Researchers from the University of Indiana and the Fox Chase Cancer Center...
Depression May Predict Mortality in Cancer Patients Researchers from British Columbia have reported the results of a meta-analysis...
2009 Oncology Conference Coverage
View up-to-date coverage of the 2009 Oncology Conference here.
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